DETECTION OF A UNIQUE CHLAMYDIA STRAIN ASSOCIATED WITH ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISEASE

摘要

Methods for detecting a unique strain of Chlamydiaassociated with acute respiratory disease are disclosed. Thesemethods utilize monoclonal antibody directed against ananti-genic determinant of the TWAR organism, or DNA probes capableof specifically hybridizing to at least a portion of the DNAsequence of the TWAR organism. A method for determining thepresence of antibodies to the TWAR organism, utilizing elementarybodies of the TWAR organism as antigen is also disclosed.